Writing for Commentary magazine, Peter Wehner reviews the 50-year war on poverty. “By no reasonable standard did we win it,” Wehner writes, but he notes that since 1990 we have made “enormous progress on a range of social issues, including welfare, drug use, and crime.”

The Oregonian editorial board applauds Portland Public Schools and its teachers for making progress toward a new contract but urges the district to hold the line on remaining issues such as early retirement benefits, teacher evaluation, teacher hiring and transfer rules and instructional time.